Due to the closure of Mtaär’s art space, The New Zealand artists group exhibition titled “I Could Have Sworn I” will now be shown at Daire Sanat on August 10th.

The Open Art Space of Mtaär artist initiation had to shut down due to known errors in the System. We’re deeply sorry. We now take a moment to thank everyone who have supported us from the beginning until the end: Thank you… We also would like to apologize to all upcoming artists scheduled to appear in Mtaär for the inconvenience; we appreciate your understanding. From now on we will continue to organize shows in alternative spaces. We will let you know about the news, see you again.

I Know You Want It Too

Gözen Atila & Elif Küçüksayraç 12.06.2010 – 04.07.2010

Opening : 12th June, Saturday / 19:00 / Mtaär
Party : 21:00 / Arkaoda (DJ’s : Deform / Gözen Atila)

Mtaär hosts Gözen Atila and Elif Küçüksayraç with the exhibition “I Know You Want It Too” from June 12 to July 4.

The two artists focus on the inevitably changing texture and scenes of the city. Crayon paintings of Gözen Atila are the first products of her “Postcards from Istanbul” series started in 2009. Elif Küçüksayraç’s “Comfy” pillow designs and carpet prototypes entitled “Traces” produced with the moulds taken from pavements of Istanbul in 2006, are accompanied with a video documentary of this work.

Mtaär is in Kadıköy, Moda.

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Mtaär is celebrating its first aniversary through Local Illustrators 02!

Local Illustrators 02 

07.05.2010 – 06.06.2010

Opening        : May 7th, Friday / 19:00 / Mtaär

Party               : 21:00 / Arkaoda (DJs : Deform / Gözen Atila)

The Local Illustrators exhibition series, which its first one was realised last year; aims to assemble young illustrators residing in Turkey. The sequel of the series, will take place at Mtaär on 7th of May.

The exhibition consisting of works by 20 young and creative names, will be available till 11th of June, for those who are interested in the echoes of illlustration culture in Turkey.

Mtaär is in Kadıköy, Moda.

Contributors:

Sadi Güran, Merve Morkoç, Ufuk Can, Ada Tuncer, Evre Başak Okumuş, Ozan Küçükusta, Şerif Karasu, Gizem Vural, Gökçe Akgül, Elif Yıldız, Berat Pekmezci, Ethem Onur Bilgiç, Yavuz Öztürk, Seher Kış, Sedat Girgin, Ahmet Özcan, Mete Yafet, Sadi Tekin, Zeynep Özatalay, Yasemin Ezberci

[Download the press pack here.]

19.03.2010 – 18.04.2010

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February 12th – March 12th 2010

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Gumus Ozdes , born in Istanbul in 1982; presents an achromatic interpretation of a realm where light smashes, denses, shatters into pieces and creates its own space and moment. The exhibition which will take place in “Mtaar”, is consisting of black and white paintings on canvasses polished with lac, and it will be available till the 12th of March.

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Opening : February 12th 2010 // 19:00 // Mtaär

(Opening Performance : Bora Çeliker)

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Using a palette which highlights the contradiction between the behaviour of light in the physical world and the plastic reality , I reckon: Light’s own composition is utmost independent from what we plan. What is light in this perspective? Is it just something that is independent and chaotic in its own way, which we cannot ignore? Or is it the main actor that attaches an ordinary act or object into some system of beliefs and blesses it with a symbolical meaning?

Achromacy is like wordlessness.

Can one describe wordlessness? And would one describe it if one could? Or would one rather create a work of art using that wordlessness?The Absence of colour opens the doors to this universe of endless possibilities. Not visible inside the space in which the picture has been painted, though allowing greater space for the labyrinths of though its imaginery, defining less and speaking less… Offering “silence”, the richest music that the mind can apprehend, and “emptiness”, the widest space in which it can move, so that what is visible will not be reduced to a limited array of precoded meanings. And it’s the mind’s own camera, which will dance inside this void and it’s that camera that will see what’s more to come.

Gümüş Özdeş

“I squint my eyes most of the time, to get rid of the details and get to the point. It’s more of a will to reduce the wave-lenght. A dreamish unclearity is what I’m after. Things are  more sheer this way, clearer. Why are the images in dreams particular for me, is it the way it reveals the true essence of things?

The way it presents the events differently from how they are in my waking life, the way I could ever concieve.

Is it possible how the mind sees dreams this way, is that it renders what it gathered, through  its own camera obscura? The light that shivers in the deep dark or the darkness that bathes in light.”

Erkin Goren

December 25th 2009 – January 30th 2010 // Mtaär

Beginning from 25th of December 2008 AtılKunst is in Mtaär with “Agenda Exercises”.

Opening : December 25th 2009 Friday / 19:00 / Mtaär / Doog (Performance)

For detailed information about AtılKunst, click here.

AGENDAEXERCISESPROSPECTUS

INFORMATION LEAFLET:

Please read this leaflet carefully before you start. It contains one exercise with hand, head and feet coordinated to ‘TA TA TATATA TATA TATA TA’ in every 9 seconds in avarage.

WHAT IS THE AGENDAEXERCISES ARE USED FOR:

It is a combination that helps relieve the symptoms of burdensome effects of agenda. It does not inhibit participation of fellow citizen in the late phase. It does inhibit other mass media channels. The Action replay inside the composite is the agent to disable pain and fever.

Anybody who has open fine motor skills can perform agendaexercises.

SOCIAL INDICATIONS:

The term of use for agendaexercises must have been determined by the fellow citizen or other fellow citizen of the nation.

WARNING:

When the reaction intensifies users has to go on till they can judge their reactions to the exercises and should not drive and operate machinery. There is no enough information on the agendaexercises’ violence potential. There is no inquiry of their effect on human value. There is no specific research on utilization of senior citizens. Even though experiences says that for senior citizens the normal adult agendaexercises is suitable the functions should be monitored. The use of exercises should be decided in condition of balance the possible risks.

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06th – 29th November 2009 // Mtaär

“Mtaär artist initiative, welcomes everyone to Aslı Özdemir, Bora Akıncıtürk and Mehmet Uluşahin’s shared Project “Home”, between 6- 29 November. Artists, try to place their artworks on a particular axis by converting the life that they maintain in the same flat into an inspiration object.Exhibition contains mostly paintings, illustrations and collages besides spatial implementations.”

…As Mucahit Bey, his wife Nebahat Hanim and grumpy old Nevzat were sitting in Mujgan Hanim’s living room, anxiously looking through the window to the dark street cordoned by the police; Mujgan Hanim walked in, swaying with a tea tray in her hands and a smile on her face which even such a disastrous moment could not ruin.

” Since they’ve blocked the road and wouldn’t let us out, let’s have some tea shall we? We all know that who goes out this late doesn’t have such a safe and sound journey.” Nobody responded to Mujgan Hanim’s phony delightful comfort. “These are bad times.” said grumpy Nevzat, “The streets are full of thugs and punks.

It’s time to stay home. I swear on my mother’s grave they would chop you to bits.”

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CYNTHIA LIM : Silent
October 16th – 31th 2009

Opening : October 16th 2009 // Saat : 19:00 Mtaär
Party : 21:00 Arkaoda – Dj: Datafobik // Şenkardeş

Mtaär , gladly presents Cynthia Lim’s first solo exhibition.

Cynthia Lim was born in Germany, she studied illustration at CABK Art Academy in Holland.

‘‘…My work is mostly based on my subconsciousness, which means I try to let my images come into being while I’m already drawing. I’m searching for a kind of abstraction and stillness in my work. I like using exaggerated perspectives and weird combinations, because I like the estranged feeling these things bring about.

I’m fascinated by the forms of nature, especially animals, but also by architecture, children’s stories and mythes. In my head I blend everything together to find new interpretations and to create my own world, in which I think is still a lot to discover.’’

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An Exhibition in Gallery Nauwieser 19

28.9.- 4.10 2009

Curators: Mtaär – Mert Akbal – Dragana Pesic

Artists : Brankica Končarević, Slavica Lazić Dundas, Nevena Popović, Milena Putnik, Maja Rakočević, Bora Akıncıtürk, Mert Akbal, Saydan Akşit, Gaye Su Akyol, Okan Arabacıoğlu, Dünya Atay, Bora Başkan, Didem Çabukel, Burcu Dayanıklı, Esen Demirci, Ayça Elkap, Sevil Tunaboylu, Erkin Gören, Ece Kalabak, Yiğit Karagöz, Emre Özbay, Gamze Özer, Hayal Pozantı, Kaan Sezyum

Istanbul, Belgrade and Saarbrücken are so many kilometers away from each other and in very different places of Europe, with very different lives, but the work of the artists are not so far away from each other. The exhibition „Urban Bridges“ is a possibility for Saarbrücker to have a look to see the works of more then 20 young artists from Serbia and Turkey.

Most of the artists from Istanbul participated on May 2009 in the exhibition „Local Illustrators 1“ in Galery Mtaär, an independent producer galery, which is initiated by Erkin Gören and Sevil Tunaboylu. It is one of the newest locations for contemporary art on anatolian side of Bosphorus in Istanbul.
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Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency is organizing the 1st International Artist Initiatives Istanbul Meeting in cooperation with Art Pie as a parallel event of the 11th International Istanbul Biennial, between 02nd-06th October 2009 in Istanbul 2010 Art Production Center Kadırga. It will include a fair, discussions and presentations. The general aim of the meeting is to create a communication platform among artist initiatives from various European and other countries for sharing information, experience and best practices and to enhance new cooperations on the way to Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture. As it is the parallel event of the 11th International Istanbul Biennial, the fair will also serve as a showcase for the participating artist initiatives in the international art scene

Mtaär artist initiative, welcomes everyone to their platform in Kadiköy, to the exhibition “Escape from Civilization” on 18th of September. Sevil Tunaboylu and Erkin Gören’s shared project, focuses on civilization that has been ‘reached’ after thousands of years through eastern / western cultures and life styles.

“Let the new human spirit that accustomed to live with a sense of defeat with the talent of forces upon, handle the materiality with the abstract value of money while bearing the spirit with the tangible things.

Several times each day trying to be grateful for what he has,but wishes to escape from the life that he has been stuck. Eventually, whatever he wishes, he can only escape, as long as the circumstances allow. And sure each time, he is in a position of escaping with the fear of going back or with the fear of wishing for going back. Such is the best slavery.”

‘Escape from Civilization’, is a a modest rebellion which brings the eastern and western civilizations geographically and culturally together, out of the big Istanbul.
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Thanks to Emin Yüksel for photos he took at our opening.

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17 TEMMUZ – 23 AĞUSTOS 2009

Sergi Açılışı : 17 Temmuz Cuma / 19:00 / Mtaär / Kim Ki O (Canlı Performans)

Mtaär açık sanat alanı, Ece Kalabak‘ın ilk kişisel sergisini heyecanla sunar!

Aldığı resim eğitiminin ardından illüstrasyon ve animasyon konularında da çalışmalar yapan sanatçının eserleri; İstanbul,Berlin ve Frankfurt’ta karma sergilerde yer aldı.

Geçtiğimiz aylarda Mtaär‘ın düzenlediği Yerel İllüstratörler 01 ve Horaley sergilerine de katılan Ece’nin illüstrasyonları ayrıca Bant, Altyazı ve Rojo gibi kültür sanat dergilerinde yayımlandı.

Sezonun bu son sergisinde, yaklaşık 20 yeni tuval resmiyle buluşmak için, herkesi Mtaär’a bekliyoruz.

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Kim Ki O performance at the opening.